Division B (IND) Structure Underground Opened 9 April 1936 Locale Fort Greene | Line IND Fulton Street Line Platforms 2 side platforms Borough Brooklyn Tracks 4 | |
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Services A (late nights)
C (all except late nights) Transit connections NYCT Bus: B25, B26, B52 Address Brooklyn, NY 11238, United States Similar Van Siclen Avenue, Shepherd Avenue, 155th Street, Clinton–Washington Avenues, Nostrand Avenue | ||
Lafayette Avenue is a local station on the IND Fulton Street Line of the New York City Subway. Located under Lafayette Avenue and Fulton Street in Brooklyn, it is served by the C train at all times except nights, when the A train takes over service.
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Despite the station's name, there are no entrances on Lafayette Avenue; the nearest entrance is a block away.
History
This underground station opened on April 9, 1936, and replaced the BMT Fulton Street El. The Lafayette Avenue El station, which was formerly above the current subway station, closed on May 31, 1940.
Station layout
This station has four tracks and two side platforms. Both platforms have stairs that lead up to a long mezzanine and fare control. There is no free crossover or crossunder between the two platforms, due to the shape of the mezzanine's fare control are. The name tiles at this station is composed of dull green tiles that read "Lafayette Ave." in sans serif.
East of this station there is a storage/lay up track between the two express tracks. The west end connects to the northbound express track, and the east end connects to the southbound express track, so trains must reverse in order to enter the layup track. At both ends, the storage/lay up track also ends at bumper blocks. There are also switches in both directions from the respective local to the respective express tracks; express trains cannot switch to the local tracks at these switches, however.
The station is located very close to the Fulton Street station on the IND Crosstown Line. Passengers on northbound local trains can see the station on the right just after leaving Lafayette Avenue. There is an employee-only connection between the two stations via the subway tunnels.
Exits
All exits serve both platforms. At the west end, there are stairs to all four corners of Lafayette Avenue and South Portland Avenue. At the east end, there are stairs to four out of the six corners of the intersection of Fulton Street, South Oxford Street, and Hanson Place. There are two stairs to the northern corner, one to the northeastern (via a passageway), one to the southeastern, and one to the southwestern.